The Obama Train!

[Nox]

I'm on it! Who else is on it? I have a Barack Obama T-shirt, hoodie, and ring tone. People think I've gone nuts, but that's okay. My husband and I have already given quite a bit of money to Barack's campaign and we will definitely be giving him much more. I really like how Oprah has really campaigned behind him. I don't think she has ever given any other candidate this much vote of confidence.

Sometimes I just love politics, especially when there's an excited buzz surrounding it. Since I have turned 18, I have voted in every local, state, and national election I could, and I'm gonna go out there again and vote in the primaries!

Everyone get out there and vote!

 

[joybelle]

Has Oprah ever been involved in politics before Obama?

 

[Karren]

Actually I like him way better than Hillary..... but I have a problem when it comes to voting in the primary's... I'm an indapendent and in my state we are not allowed to vote in primarys....

Ohhh How's Barack look in a dress btw!! hehe That's what we need.... A presidential evening gown competition...

Sorry.... I get carried away sometimes....

 

[MACmaniac]

And you know this..man!! Here is one of the shirts I bought to wear yesterday!

 

[KristinB]

Ok so I like him but I think he needs to go back and get more experience. Plus I don't think the country is ready to vote for a black man or a woman. It is horrible to say but I just don't think the country is ready. I was looking at the caucus results for the Iowa counties and he did not win a lot of the rural counties. These are the counties with the farmers and blue-collar workers. He won the more urban counties. I wonder if this problem will be seen in other states or maybe I should give people the benefit of the doubt that they will see the person and the issues and not what they look like?

 

[empericalbeauty]

Originally Posted by KristinB /img/forum/go_quote.gif . Plus I don't think the country is ready to vote for a black man or a woman. My sentiments exactly..but i am still going to vote for him. A little support never hurts but at the same time I wonder if its all a tongue in cheek effort. Like Laura (on mPR) says "Idolization" of Obama can possibly shift the attention from his experience to his words. but either way..i am going to support him.

 

[Geek]

I am soooo with you on that. Do you think he has the power to get more votes and can keep the machine/her out of the nomination?





Originally Posted by Karren_Hutton /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Actually I like him way better than Hillary.....

 

[alexxx!]

Originally Posted by joybelle /img/forum/go_quote.gif Has Oprah ever been involved in politics before Obama? if so, not to the extent that she is with obama. i find that whole thing to be QUITE the coincidence

 

[colormeup]

Obama is young and imo lacks the experience and leadership abilities for this country.

Let me ask Obama supporters this.

What does he believe to be a good foreign policy?

What is his economic policies and how does he plan to store value to the US dollar and why do you think his policies will work?

What spending increases has Obama voted for and why do you support them?

I love the tough questions. Know who your voting for and why you support them. Though I'd rather have him than hillary. Do we really need over 30 years of rule from a 2 family dynasty.

 

[StereoXGirl]

I definitely prefer him to Hillary as well. IMO she's just not a very likeable/relatable person. And she seems to have a sense of entitlement since her husband has already been President.

I think Obama does stand a very real chance at becoming President if he can beat out Hillary and if the Republicans don't pull themselves together...

 

[jessiej78]

Originally Posted by StereoXGirl /img/forum/go_quote.gif I definitely prefer him to Hillary as well. IMO she's just not a very likeable/relatable person. And she seems to have a sense of entitlement since her husband has already been President.
I think Obama does stand a very real chance at becoming President if he can beat out Hillary and if the Republicans don't pull themselves together...

I agree with you.

 

[MACmaniac]

Originally Posted by KristinB /img/forum/go_quote.gif Plus I don't think the country is ready to vote for a black man or a woman. It is horrible to say but I just don't think the country is ready. I was looking at the caucus results for the Iowa counties and he did not win a lot of the rural counties. These are the counties with the farmers and blue-collar workers. He won the more urban counties. Urban or not, it's a state that is 98% white. It's a huge win and I think that if IOWA can see past it, then that says alot!

 

[Shanelle]

I'm Canadian so it doesn't really matter what I think.. I've been watching the debates and US news channels and I'm really hoping Obama wins!!

 

[emily_3383]

He made a great speech at the Caucus, i was like wow it seemed so natural and unscripted.

 

[CellyCell]

I dunno - I feel like people will vote for him because he's black and like, "wow a black president" is appealing to those. Same with Hilary because she's a female.

I'm just speaking from what people I know who don't look into facts and don't watch political debates. To them it's all about who looks cooler and it kinda pisses me off. These are the same people who ultimately don't vote because "why? it doesn't make a difference" and then b*tched at the same time as to why Bush won the last two elections. Ay yi yi. A lot of people just don't care...in my psychology class for the 2004 election, I was the only one and 3 older people plus my professor to raise their hand and said they've voted. This is a class full of like 45 + people all over their 18 years of age and only 4 voted!?

I'm not into politics at all - I get confused among all that but I make my efforts and my mom goes to those Union stuff and she will ask me hella questions before I go into the voting booth. Haha...

But yeah, I could've sworn he was running for the republican party - I swear to Jebus. I saw several interviews where they say the Republican candidate Obama... blah blah. Hmm.

 

[Geek]

Originally Posted by CellyCell /img/forum/go_quote.gif

These are the same people who ultimately don't vote because "why? it doesn't make a difference" and then b*tched at the same time as to why Bush won the last two elections.


Yep and these are the same people who complain and b!tch too just like you say. I hate that.

 

[winnie38]

I'm all for Ron Paul.

Something about Barrack . . . to me, he's mysterious. Not enough support/details about what he plans on doing for the nation.

 

[Nox]

I believe in Obama because:

1. He may not have a long rapsheet of experience, but what have the *experienced* candidates done for us lately? Many of them have made such a mess of things that it may take more than one presidential term afterwards to clean up again. (It is my personal opinion that this country has not handled things in the best way.)

2. I am inspired by his message, and his viewpoints do coincide with mine moreso than any other candidate. When I was a teenager, I thought I was liberal... until I met real ones in college. I can safely say that I am not a liberal, so I would not go for Hillary.

3. There are others who don't believe in him. That only adds more fuel to my desire to see him do well. I believe 100% that the United States is the best country in the world because we have made progressive change in ways that other nations couldn't do, or would not have dared to do... and we have always done it before we were *ready*. Slavery was abolished before we were *ready*, segregation was definitely struck down before we were *ready*, Hollywood introduced talking pictures before we were "ready". We did those things and continue to do those things before we can fully ever be "ready", and it wasn't the end of the world. Okay, so we are *ready*. So what? Should that limit who is voted in? Nope. Just vote for your gut, and not just within the status quo. This country is great because it's all about taking risks, sometimes they pay off, sometimes they don't. But were it not for risks, we all wouldn't be here.

 

[Make-up_Hawk]

I would've decided to vote for Obama, but I don't think he has enough experience. I think he's very idealistic and give Americans lots of hope, but I don't think that hope will get things done in Washington. He can't do it alone; he'll need others to get on board.

 

[Lia]

OT: i just saw the Obama girl videos - they're hilarious